KEENE, N.H.--The Keene State College men's lacrosse team was held to its lowest scoring total of the season in a 10-7 loss to Montclair State University in the opening round of the 2016 NCAA Division III Championship at Owl Athletic Complex on Wednesday night.

Records

• Keene State: 14-4
• Montclair State: 13-6

Up Next

• Keene State sees its season come to an end.  The Owls have not reached the second round since 2010.
• The Red Hawks advance to the second round for the first time, and will face Ithaca College on Saturday.

Tale of the Tape

• Keene State came in as the highest scoring offense in the country at 17.29 goals per game, but were stymied by the Montclair defense and goalie Lucas Jones, who made 15 saves.
• Keene State got three goals from Bryan Rotatori, and one each from Tyler McKelvie, Rob Hart, Hunter Arnold, and Paul Beling.  Mathew Howe made 15 saves for Keene State.
• Brett Mangan had three goals for the Red Hawks, while Don Finn netted a pair.   Bryan Peters, Zach Schreck, Sean Stadtlander, Brady Wulster, and Ryan Totin all found the net once.

First Half Highlights

• Mangan opened the scoring at the 11:29 mark off a pass from Connor Cunningham.  McKelvie tied the game 30 seconds later, but Schreck gave the Red Hawks the lead right back with 9:58 on the clock.
• The two teams traded man-up goals as the Red Hawks maintained a one goal advantage, and after Totin raced up the field and scored, Beling found the net with 19 seconds to go to cut the lead to 4-3 at the end of one quarter.
• Rob Hart tied the game with 91 seconds played in the second quarter, and no team would score for nearly nine minutes until Peters and Mangan scored less than a minute apart as Montclair State led 6-4 at halftime.

Second Half Highlights

• The Owls stepped up the pressure in the second half, netting the first three goals of the third quarter to lead for the first time in the game.
• Rotatori had the first two of the frame, and Hunter Arnolds scored unassisted with 2:55 left in the quarter.  Finn tied the game at seven, and Wulster scored with six seconds remaining for an 8-7 lead.
• Montclair State shut out the Owls in the fourth quarter, slowly pulling away with goals from Stadtlander and Finn.  Jones came up big for the Red Hawks, making two point blank saves on Arnold in the final minutes.